New PSU?

[Evilmop]

Im currently running a cheapo 550 watt ATX powersupply on my system.

Specs are:

e4600, 2 gigs of ram, and a hd3850.

Usual 2 HDD and one DVD drive.

I will be upgrading to a hd4850 and want to know if this PSU will be ok?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?HYP-4M530

Also will I see a performance increase when installing this new PSU?

 

[Evilmop]

Any got any ideas as im ready to order right now, if this is no good could anyone reccomend somthing better for around the same price?

 

[hallowed_dragon]

For your setup a 450-500 W quality PSU will do (Corsair, Antec, PC&C etc.). This PSUs are much better than Hyper so I suggest to buy one of those. Do not go cheap on the PSU because it is one of the most important PC components.

Suggestions:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703016

...just to say a few.

Check this out to see which manufacturer is better for you in terms of product availability and pricing:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088. Any PSU from tier 1 and 2 will do just fine even for your future builds.

 

[homerdog]

You can't go wrong with any of hallowed_dragon's suggestions, although that PCP&C model seems overpriced to me..

No, a PSU upgrade will not give you a performance increase.

 

[Evilmop]

Corsair VX 450W ATX

This is what I have decided to go with, Cant see me going quad core or any higher CPU for a while. So all is good.

Thanks for your help.

 

[hallowed_dragon]

^^^ Good choise.

 

[homerdog]

Corsair VX 450W ATX

This is what I have decided to go with, Cant see me going quad core or any higher CPU for a while. So all is good.

Thanks for your help.

Excellent PSU

 

[Evilmop]

SO that is now sorted, just want to check about this card: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Dual Slot.

no when it says dual slot what exactly does this mean, I only have a single PCi-e slot availible.

My Mobo is AS rock d667, anyone know if this will fit ok?

 

[bobbknight]

Here is a list of 80 plus certified PSU's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010320058%201409730089%20113142557&name=601%20-%20700W&Order=PRICE
You will see that the PCPower PSU of equal power is now often lower in price than many of the other brands.

PCPower is the gold standard of PSU's.

 

[frozenlead]

Dual slot just means that the card takes up one slot space and the cooler for it takes up another. It doesn't actually use 2 PCI-e slots, electrically, it just takes up 2 physical spaces.

 

[ZOldDude]

When you buy a PC Power & Cooling PSU you get the best.
Worth every cent.